Ananda Mahidol

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Ananda Mahidol
King Rama VIII
Formal portrait, 1946
King of Thailand
Reign	2 March 1935 – 9 June 1946
Coronation	11 August 1946 (posthumous)[1]
Predecessor	Prajadhipok (Rama VII)
Successor	Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
Born	Prince Ananda Mahidol (1925-09-20)20 September 1925 Heidelberg, Germany
Died	9 June 1946(1946-06-09) (aged 20) Bangkok, Thailand
Burial	29 March 1950 Royal Crematorium, Sanam Luang, Bangkok
Posthumous name Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Ananda Mahidol Phra Atthamaramathibodin
House	Mahidol (Chakri dynasty)[a]
Father	Mahidol Adulyadej
Mother	Sangwan Talapat
Religion	Theravada Buddhism
Signature

Ananda Mahidol
Privy Seal
Thai name
Thai	อานันทมหิดล
RTGS	Anantha Mahidon

Ananda Mahidol^[b] (20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946) was the eighth king of Siam (later Thailand) from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in December 1945, but six months later, in June 1946, he was found shot dead in his bed. Although at first thought to have been an accident, his death was ruled a murder by medical examiners, and three royal aides were later executed following very irregular trials. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of much controversy.

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